Synopsis

This document contains the definition and design of interfaces between the FAA Service Systems and other Systems. Part Two only contains details for interfaces which do not involve BSC Parties and their Agents.

Issue

16.0

Issue date

June 2010

Effective date

03 June 2010

Prepared by

ELEXON Design Authority

03/06/2010

16.0

Document modified and rebadged for implementation of P249

Service Description

Service Description for the Funds Administration Agent

BSC Business Model

BSC Business Model

Interface Definition & Design Part 1

Interface Definition for the FAA Service

Interface Definition & Design Part 2

Interface Definition for the FAA Service

NETA IDD Part 1

NETA Interface Definition and Design, Part 1 – Interfaces with BSC Parties and their Agents

NETA IDD Part 2

NETA Interface Definition and Design, Part 2 – Interfaces to other Service Providers

SAA URS

Settlement Administration Agent User Requirement Specification

FAA-I018

Payment Calendar (Draft)

To

BSCCo

Manual, data file (csv)

FAA-I019

Credit Limit Data

To

ECVAA

Automatic, electronic network

FAA-I032

Payment Date Exception Report

To

BSCCo

Manual, telephone and letter

FAA-I033

BSC Service Agent Details

To

CRA

Manual, telephone and letter

FAA-I034

BSCCo Quarterly VAT Statements

To

BSCCo

Manual, tab delimited data file and hard copy by post

FAA-I021

Approval of Payment Calendar

From

BSCCo

Manual, fax, letter, e-mail

FAA-I022*

Credits / Debits

From

SAA

Automatic, electronic network

FAA-I023*

Credits / Debits Revised

From

SAA

Automatic, electronic network

FAA-I024*

ECVAA Data Exception Report

From

ECVAA

Automatic, electronic network

FAA-I025*

BSC Party & BSC Party Agent Authentication report

From

CRA

Automatic, electronic network

FAA-I027

Credit Cover

From

Approved Credit Agency

Manual, FAA Bloomberg software

FAA-I028

Base Rate Details

From

BSC Banker

Manual, Media notification

FAA-I029

VAT Rates

From

Customs & Excise

Manual, Media notification

FAA-I030

Income Tax Rates

From

Inland Revenue

Manual, Media notification

FAA-I031

Credit Policy

From

BSCCo

Manual, Post

FAA-I035

Minimum Eligible Amount

From

ECVAA

Manual, Fax, e-mail

FAA-I037

Ad Hoc Credits / Debits

From

BSCCo

Manual

FAA-I038

Investment Instruction

From

BSCCo

Manual, e-mail

Interface ID:

FAA-I007

User:

BSCCo

Title:

Notice of default

BSC reference:

FAA SD 601

RETA SCH 4

Mechanism:

Manual,

telephone call by authorised FAA personnel and confirmation letter

Frequency:

Ongoing as applicable

Volumes:

Not Known

Interface Requirement:

Notification of a Credit Default if the required Credit Cover has not been provided, or a payment default if the credit cover provided cannot cover an outstanding debt resulting from a non-payment.

Information will include:

• BSC Party Name

• BSC Party Identifier

• Nature of default (credit or payment)

• Shortfall exposure

• Payment Date

• Advice Note number(s) (if a payment default)

• Action taken

Interface ID:

FAA-I018

User:

BSCCo

Title:

Payment Calendar (Draft)

BSC reference:

FAA SD 4.3.2

RETA SCH 4

SAA SD: 2.8, A1

SAA BPM: 3.2, 4.27

Mechanism:

Manual

data file (csv)

Frequency:

Annually

Volumes:

1 data file sent per year

Interface Requirement:

Payment schedule detailing the following:

• Settlement Date

• Settlement Code

• Notification Date, the date on which BSC Parties’ will receive the advice note and the date by which the SAA must provide the settlement data to the FAA

• Payment Date, the date on which the funds for the various settlement runs will be transferred

• Notification Period

• Payment Period

The calendar will be produced to fulfil various criteria as defined, e.g. number of days between each reconciliation, average credit period of 28 days etc.

BSCCo and the SAA will receive the Payment Calendar (Agreed), as detailed in Part 1, FAA interfaces with BSC Parties, outbound interface reference FAA-I006.

Interface ID:

FAA-I019

User:

ECVAA

Title:

Credit Limit Data

BSC reference:

ECVAA SD: 5, A

ECVAA BPM: 3.3, 4.17

RETA SCH: 4, B, 3.3

NA (was FAA 5.3.3)

Mechanism:

Automatic

Electronic Network

Frequency:

Daily

Volumes:

1 file sent per BSC Party initially

1 file sent per BSC Party upon change to Credit Limit

Interface Requirement:

The FAA shall send Credit Limit data known as Energy Credit Cover (ECC) to the ECVAA.

Contractual volume trading limits for each BSC Party.

Information sent will include:

• BSC Party Identifier

• Energy Credit Cover (MWh)

• Effective Settlement Date

The FAA will calculate the BSC Party’s Energy Credit Cover using the formula defined in the BSC Credit Policy.

Interface ID:

FAA-I032

User:

BSCCo

Title:

Payment Date Exception Report

BSC reference:

NA

Mechanism:

Manual,

telephone call and confirmatory letter

Frequency:

On-going as applicable

Volumes:

1 telephone call and letter per instance of failure

Interface Requirement:

The FAA will notify the BSCCo if the funds transfer process for a payment date has been unsuccessful. The funds transfer process will be deemed unsuccessful if the funds have not been transferred to the BSC creditors for same day value or if any of the Collection Accounts have not transmitted the incoming funds to the Clearing Account.

Information provided will include the following:

• Payment Date

• Exception Details

Interface ID:

FAA-I033

User:

CRA

Title:

BSC Service Agent Details

BSC reference:

NA

Mechanism:

Manual,

telephone call and confirmatory letter

Frequency:

On-going as applicable

Volumes:

1 notification per change of details

Interface Requirement:

The FAA shall provide BSC Service Agent Details to the CRA which will include the following:

• Action Code

• Authentication Details

• Name

• Password

• BSC Service Agent Details

• Agent Name

• Agent Type

• Agent Identifier

• Address

• Telephone No

• Fax No

• e-mail Address

• Effective From Date

• Effective To Date

Interface ID:

FAA-I034

User:

BSCCo

Title:

BSCCo Quarterly VAT Statements

BSC reference:

CP1078

Mechanism:

Manual, tab delimited data file and hard copy by post.

Frequency:

Quarterly and ad hoc as requested by BSCCo

Volumes:

BSCCo:

Low: 1 report detailing 100 BSC Parties’ trade per quarter

Average: 1 report detailing 200 BSC Parties’ trade per quarter

High: 1 report detailing 300 BSC Parties’ trade per quarter

Interface Requirement:

Quarterly VAT Statements will be provided to BSCCo detailing the following for each VAT code:

• Payment Date

• Net Inflow

• Net Outflow

• Net Flow

• Output VAT

• Input VAT

• Net VAT

The report can be run as ;

• Report Type

1. BSC Billing

2. Disputes

3. Defaults

4. All

• Start Payment Date

• End Payment Date

• All BSC Parties/Selected BSC Party(ies)

The report can be produced in hard copy. A soft copy will also be made available in the form of a ‘tab delimited data file’ suitable for loading to MS-Excel.

Interface ID:

FAA-I021

Source:

BSC Co

Title:

Approval of Payment Calendar

BSC reference:

FAA SD 4.3.3

RETA SCH 4

Mechanism:

Manual – Fax/Letter/ e-mail

Frequency:

Annually

Volumes:

1 notice of approval per annum

Interface Requirement:

Approval of the draft payment calendar issued by the FAA (outbound interface ‘Payment Calendar (draft)’, FAA-I018) by an Authorised signatory from BSCCo.

Information will include:

• Source (BSC Co)

• Authorised Signature

Interface ID:

FAA-I022

Source:

SAA

Title:

Credit/Debits

BSC reference:

FAA SD 9

RETA SCH 4

Mechanism:

Automatic Electronic Network

Frequency:

Daily as per payment calendar

Volumes:

Maximum of [4] settlement final files per notification date. Specific volumes will be detailed in the FAA Payment Calendar

Interface Requirement:

The physical file structure relating to this interface will be defined by the SAA

Interface ID:

FAA-I023

Source:

SAA

Title:

Credits / Debits Revised

BSC reference:

FAA SD 9

RETA SCH 4

Mechanism:

Automatic

Electronic Network

Frequency:

Daily as per payment calendar

Volumes:

Maximum of [12] reconciliation files received per notification date. Specific volumes will be detailed in the FAA Payment Calendar

Interface Requirement:

The physical file structure relating to this interface will be defined by the SAA

Interface ID:

FAA-I024

Source:

ECVAA

Title:

ECVAA Data Exception Report

BSC reference:

ECVAA SD: 4.2, 5.2

Mechanism:

Automatic

Electronic network

Frequency:

As appropriate

Volumes:

1 file per exception instance

Interface Requirement:

The physical file structure relating to this interface will be defined by the ECVAA

Interface ID:

FAA-I025

Source:

CRA

Title:

BSC Party & BSC Party Agent Authentication Report

BSC reference:

CRA SD App B, Serial 4, CRA BPM 4.11, CRA SD 4.1.1.e

Mechanism:

Automatic

Electronic Network

Frequency:

Ongoing as applicable

Volumes:

1 file per BSC Party on registration

Interface Requirement:

The physical file structure relating to this interface will be defined by the CRA

Interface ID:

FAA-I027

Source:

Approved Credit Agency

Title:

Credit Cover

BSC reference:

FAA SD 5.1.2

RETA SCH 4

Mechanism:

Manual

FAA Bloomberg Software

Frequency:

Ongoing as applicable

Volumes:

Not known

Interface Requirement:

Provision of initial credit cover for each BSC Party to include

• BSC Party Name

• Cash Deposits

• Letters of Credit

• Effective Date

Interface ID:

FAA-I028

Source:

BSC Banker

Title:

Base Rate Details

BSC reference:

NA

Mechanism:

Manual

Media notification

Frequency:

Ongoing as applicable

Volumes:

NA

Interface Requirement:

Details of current and historic Base Rates

Notification of changes to the Base Rate

Information required will be:

• Base Rate

• Effective Date

Interface ID:

FAA-I029

Source:

Customs & Excise

Title:

VAT Rates

BSC reference:

NA

Mechanism:

Manual

Media notification

Frequency:

Ongoing as applicable

Volumes:

NA

Interface Requirement:

Details of current and historic VAT Rates.

Notification of changes to the VAT Rates.

Information required will be:

• VAT Code

• VAT Rate

• Effective Date

Interface ID:

FAA-I030

Source:

Inland Revenue

Title:

Income Tax Rates

BSC reference:

NA

Mechanism:

Manual

Media notification

Frequency:

Ongoing as applicable

Volumes:

NA

Interface Requirement:

Details of current and historic Income Tax Rates.

Notification of changes to the Income Tax Rates.

Information required will be:

• Income Tax Rate

• Effective Date

Interface ID:

FAA-I031

Source:

BSCCo

Title:

Credit Policy

BSC reference:

FAA SD 5.1

FAA SD A1

RETA ACH 4

Mechanism:

Manual,

Post

Frequency:

Annually and

ad hoc as appropriate

Volumes:

NA

Interface Requirement:

Defined rules for Credit Cover requirements and on-going credit monitoring, credit calls and default proceedings.

Parameters received will include:

• Credit Assessment Price (CAP)

Interface ID:

FAA-I035

Source:

ECVAA

Title:

Minimum Eligible Amount

BSC reference:

FAA SD 5.3.1

Mechanism:

Manual, fax, e mail

Frequency:

Ad hoc

Volumes:

Low

Interface Requirement:

Receipt of Minimum Eligible Amount Report Data;

BSC Party ID

Waiting Period Start Date

Waiting Period End Date

Minimum Eligible Amount Rule (75% or 80%)

Minimum Eligible Amount (MWh)

Maximum Indebtedness Settlement Day

Maximum Indebtedness Settlement Period

Interface ID:

FAA-I037

Source:

BSCCo

Title:

Ad Hoc Credits / Debits

BSC reference:

FAA SD 7

Mechanism:

Manual

Frequency:

As required

Volumes:

Single set of Debits / Credits for affected BSC Parties

Interface Requirement:

BSCCo provides a set of Debits / Credits resulting from an Extra-Settlement Determination. These will be unrelated to any particular Settlement Run.

Information will include:

BSC Party ID

Charge Type Indicator (which may be one of):

Administration Charge

Energy Imbalance Cashflows

Information Imbalance Charges

Non-delivery Charge

Residual Cashflow Reallocations

Daily Party BM Unit Cashflow

System Operator BM Unit Cashflow Charge

Interface ID:

FAA-I037

Source:

BSCCo

Title:

Investment Instruction

BSC reference:

FAA SD 6.2

Mechanism:

Manual

Frequency:

As required

Volumes:

Medium – up to 8 instructions per month

Interface Requirement:

BSCCo issues an instruction to the FAA to transfer a portion of monies in the Reserve Account to an Investment Account for the purposes of earning interest.

Information will include:

• Bank details

• Investment Account details

• Amount to be transferred

• Term of deposit

FAA ID

Interface Definition

Other Agents Ids

FAA-I006

Payment Calendar (Agreed)

SAA-I011

FAA-I019

Credit Limit Data

ECVAA-I006

FAA-I022

Credits / Debits

SAA-I013

FAA-I023

Credits / Debits Revised

SAA-I013

FAA-I024

ECVAA Data Exception Report

ECVAA-I016

FAA-I025

BSC Party & BSC Party Agent Authentication Report

CRA-I013

FAA-I033

BSC Service Agent Details

CRA-I004

FAA-I035

Minimum Eligible Amount

ECVAA-I025